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Dr. Jonathan P. Rothstein

Associate Professor

16 Gunness Lab
University of Massachusetts
160 Governors Drive
Amherst, MA 01003-2210
E-mail: rothstein@ecs.umass.edu
Phone: (413) 577-0110
Fax: (413) 545-1027

 

Education:

B.S., The Cooper Union, 1996;
M.S., Harvard University, 1998;
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001

Research Interests: Dynamics of complex fluids; Non-Newtonian fluid dynamics; non-isothermal flow; hydrodynamics stability; optical measurement techniques; microfluidics; laminar and turbulent drag redution; rheology and polymer processing

Honors and Awards

  • Received Professor of the Year Award from the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Massachusetts, 2012
  • Received Professor of the Year Award from the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Massachusetts, 2011
  • Arthur B. Metzner Early Career Award from the Society of Rheology in recognition of outstanding accomplishments in the field of rheology, 2009
  • Barbara H. and Joseph I. Goldstein Outstanding Junior Faculty Award from the University of Massachusetts College of Engineering, 2007
  • Received Office of Naval Research (ONR) Young Investigator Program (YIP) Award, 2006
  • Received National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, 2006
  • Received the Advisor of the Year Award from the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Massachusetts, 2006
  • Received the Professor of the Year Award from the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Massachusetts, 2004
  • With Erik Miller, received the Young Scientists Award within the RheofuturesTM Initiative 2004
  • Received 3M Nontenured Faculty Award, 2003
  • Received the Frenkiel Award from the American Physics Society Division of Fluid Dynamics in recognition of significant contributions to fluid mechanics published in Physics of Fluids., 2002

Select Archival Publications:

  • Mulligan, M., and Rothstein, J. P., "Scale-up of droplet production in coupled microfluidic flow focusing geometries," In press Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, (2012).
  • Sankaran, A. K., and Rothstein, J. P., "The Effect of Viscoelasticity on Liquid Transfer during Gravure Printing," J. Non-Newtonian Fluid Mech., 175-176 (2012) 64-75.
  • Bischoff White, E., and Rothstein, J. P., "Extensional flow-induced crystallization of polypropylene," submitted to Rheologica Acta, 51 (2012) 303-314
  • Nilsson, M., and Rothstein, J. P., "Using variations in contact angle hysteresis to move, deflect and sort water drops," In Press in Physics of Fluids (2012).
  • Mulligan, M., and Rothstein, J. P., "Deformation and breakup of micro- and nano-particle stabilized droplets in microfluidic extensional flows," Langmuir, 27 (2012) 9760-9768.
  • Nilsson, M., and Rothstein, J. P., "The effect of contact angle hysteresis on droplet coalescence and mixing," J. Colloid and Interface Sci., 363 (2011) 646-654.
  • Rathfon, J. M., Cohn, R. W., Crosby, A. J., Rothstein, J. P., and Tew, G. N., "Confinement Effects on Chain Entanglement in Free-standing Polystyrene Ultra-thin Films," Macromolecules, 44 (2011) 5436-5442.
  • Feng, J., Tuominen, M., and Rothstein, J. P., "Heirarchical superhydrophobic surfaces fabricated by dual-scale electron-beam lithography with well-ordered secondary nano-structures," Advanced Functional Materials, 21 (2011) 3715-3722.
  • Mulligan, M., and Rothstein, J. P., "Effect of confinement on drop deformation and breakup in microfluidic extensional flows," Physics of Fluids, 23 (2011) 022004.
  • Muralidhar, P., Ferrer, N., Daniello, R. and Rothstein, J. P.  “The effect of superhydrophobic surfaces on the flow past cylinders.” J. Fluid Mechanics 680 (2011) 459-476.
  • Feng, J. and Rothstein, J. P.  “Simulations of novel nanostructures formed by capillary effects in lithography.” J. Colloid and Interface Science 354 (2011) 386-395.
  • Chellamuthu, M., Arora, D., Winter, H. H., and Rothstein, J. P., "Extensional flow-induced crystalization of isotactic poly(1-butene)," J. Rheology 55 (2011) 901-920.
  • Rothstein, J. P. "Slip on superhydrophobic surfaces," Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics 42, (2010) 89-109.
  • Miller, E., Rotea, M., and Rothstein, J. P., "Microfluidic device incorporating closed loop feedback control for uniform and tunable production of micro-droplets and emulsions," Lab on a Chip 10 (2010) 1293-1301.
  • Bischoff White, E. E., Chellamuthu, M., and Rothstein, J. P., "Extensional Rheology of a Shear-Thickening Cornstarch and Water Suspension," Rheologica Acta, 49, 119-129 (2010).
  • Nilsson, M., Daniello, R. and Rothstein, J. P. "A novel and inexpensive technique for creating superhydrophobic surfaces using Teflon and sandpaper," J. Physics D: Applied Physics, 43, 045301 (2010).
  • Moss, G. R., and Rothstein, J. P., "Flow of Viscoelastic Wormlike Micelle Solutions past a Confined Cylinder," J. Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 165 (2010) 1505-1515.
  • Martell, M. B., Rothstein, J. P. and Perot, J. B. “An analysis of superhydrophobic turbulent drag reduction mechanisms using direct numerical simulation” Physics of Fluids 22 (2010) 065102.
  • Moss, G. R., and Rothstein, J. P., "Flow of Viscoelastic Wormlike Micelle Solutions through a Periodic Array of Cylinders," J. Non-Newtonian Fluid Mech., 165 (2010) 1-13.
  • Martell, M. B., Perot, J. B., and Rothstein, J. P., "Direct numerical simulations of turbulent flows over drag-reducing ultrahydrophobic surfaces," J. Fluid Mechanics, 620, 31-41 (2009).
  • Daniello, R., and Rothstein, J. P., "Turbulent drag reduction using ultrahydrophobic surfaces," Physics of Fluids 21 (2009) 085193.
  • Chellamuthu, M., Arndt, E. M., and Rothstein, J. P., "Extensional rheology of shear-thickening nanoparticle suspensions," Soft Matter, 5 (2009) 2117-2124.
  • Miller, E., Clasen, C., and Rothstein, J. P., "The effect of step-stretch parameters on capillary breakup extensional rheology (CaBER) measurements," Rheologica Acta, 48 (2009) 625-639.

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